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Fidel Castro Is Dead, Rumor Says

Fidel Castro

First Posted: 01/03/12 11:37 PM ET Updated: 01/03/12 11:37 PM ET

LatinDispatch.com:

Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has passed away, according to an unverified rumor that spread like a forest fire through the social media site Twitter Monday evening.

The rumor is almost certainly unfounded.

Several of the tweets that seem to have instigated the rumor cited a publication called “Cuba Press” as the source of the unconfirmed report.

If such a publication exists, it doesn’t care to publish to the Web. Internet searches turned up nothing.

Read the whole story: LatinDispatch.com

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11:22 PM on 01/04/2012
The Association for the Study of Cuban Economy will hold its annual session on the Cuban economy at the meetings of the American Economic Association on Jan 07, 2012 at 10:15 am at the Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269 in Chicago. See www.ascecuba.org and below for details:

Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269, Chicago, IL Association for the Study of Cuban Economy

The Cuban Economy (P2)
Presiding: Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Recession and Policy Transmission to Latin American Tourism: Does Expanded Travel to Cuba Offset Crisis Spillovers? Rafael Romeu (International Monetary Fund)
Cuban Household Consumption: An Update; Luis Locay (University of Miami).
Cuba's Evolving Output Gap; Andy Wolfe (International Monetary Fund)

Discussants:
Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois-Chicago); Oscar Mitnik (University of Miami); Luis Locay (University of Miami)
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Yankeebrown
05:17 PM on 01/04/2012
No way, the devil does not want competition! lol
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LMPE
I connect the most dissimilar things
04:44 PM on 01/04/2012
Ha ha! An unfounded story from a news source that doesn't appear to actually exist!

Wasn't there a rumor that Hitler faked his death?
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opprobrious
More speech. Less Flagging.
01:53 AM on 01/04/2012
No Cuba Press? Now I'm really suspicious. I gave that nice man my credit card number over the phone for a three year subscription and not one issue has showed up on my doorstep. Hmmm.
12:33 AM on 01/04/2012
Too bad. The mass-murdering, human rights violating, anti-democratic, totalitarian dictator can't be dead soon enough.
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BANDDUDE
12:46 AM on 01/04/2012
Are you talking about George Bush?
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freedom1947
sarcasm, cynicism
09:35 AM on 01/04/2012
I hope so.
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Enroh Mot
Veritas Lux Mea
12:49 AM on 01/04/2012
Cuban death squads should stay out of Central America.
12:26 AM on 01/04/2012
Ronald Reagan is alive, rumour says.
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freedom1947
sarcasm, cynicism
10:44 AM on 01/04/2012
Ronnie is doing well. Growing high quality med cannabis in oakland.